Advertising device



Patented Get. 16, 1923.

res P rAscHAL saannynnn NOR-MAN H. Henson, orsroneriron, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Application filed October 14, 1922. Serial No. 594,638.

1 '0 all 107mm it may -11 0cm Be it known that we. PAsormL a citizen of the 'llnitedSta-tes and Non AN H; Henson, a citizen of the United States, both residents of Stough ton, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful 'Advertising D6VlCQ,'Of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesjto an advertising device and more particularly to a bill board adapted to advertise motion pictures.

The principal object of the invention is to provide in connection with the motion picture bill board means for displaying various advertisements.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel form of bill board especially adapted to make the embodiment of the invention commercially practical:

The means of attaining these and other objects which might hereinafter appear will be apparent from the following der in which i Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the adverad'vertislng matter, which will preferably tising device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Figs. 3 and 4: are enlarged detail sectional views on the line 3%3 and 14 of Fig. 1 and I Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4L 7 Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 represents the back board of the device and is preferably of the configuration shown by Fig. 1-, although it may be otherwise formed and instead of being flat it may be curved as is readilyapparent. The back board 10 is provided at its edges with the top and bottom strips 11 and 12 and the side strips 13 and 14., Spaced from these edge strips are other strips 15, 16, 17 and 18 forming a central panel 19 which is devertisement. To permit of the ready insertion and removal of this advertisement,

there are provided the retaining members or moulding strips 20, 21 22 and 23, each of these strips having a reduced end portion 24 to co-operate with the adjacent reduced end portion 2 1* of the companion strip to form a joint shown in detail by Fig. 4:. The back board 10 is provided with nuts 25 which receive the retaining thumb screws SARREY,

scription and the accompanying drawings signed to receive the motion picture ad- '26, which pass through the reduced end p'ortions' 24land 24 of the moulding strips. It will be understoodthat while this con-' venientmeans. for 'retaining the advertising inatterfin the panelis highly desirable,

it maybe dispensed with and the advertising matter may be securedin suitable adhesive material.

Co-operating witlrthe edge'and central panel strips are cross strips 27 of which there may be a sufficient number to form place by any a suitable number'of outside panels which be in the forln of cardboard 30, in the panels 28, the strips 11 to 18 have their lower inner longitudinal edges cut out, as shown more clearly by Fig. 3. It will be understood that in order to insert an ad vertising-card in place, a sufficient number of cross pieces will first be removed and after the card is in place in th panel will be "replaced to hold the card or other ad- Vertising matter in position. As a convenient means permitting the ready removal and replacing of the cross strips27, the outside strips 11 to 14 are provided at spaced intervals with grooves 31 which receive one end of the cross pieces 27. The inside strips 15 to 18 are provided atpoints opposite to the grooves 31 with buttons 32 with which co-operate spring clips 33 se'cured to the other end of each of the cross pieces. The cross pieces have recesses 34 to enable the spring clip 33 to snap into. position over the button 32. It will thus be seen that in order to remove a cross piece, it is necessary only to lift one end of same from. its contact with the button 32 and by reason of theprovision of the grooves in the outside strips, the cross pieces can be easily replaced and snapped into position and there held by the eo-action between the spring clip'33 and the button 32. p

From the foregoingdescription the construction of the device'willbe obvious and its advantages will be apparent. i The provision of the several cross pieces enables the independent insertion or removal of the several advertising cards and the adYertiseinentot the motion picture or other attraction may likewise be independently inserted or removed, In View of What has been disclosed, certainchanges inthe con struction Will suggest themselves but it is to be'distinctlv nnders'tood that XVhllQ'lZhB 7 preferred embodiment otthe invention has \.-been herein described and illustrated, the

invention 15 not toibe restricted thereto except Within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention,

, What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is: Y A display device comprising an inner frame, an outer frame, one of said frames being provided with recesses, and the other of said frames being provided with projections, and cross, pieces having ends received into said ret'esses and opposite ends provided with spring clips co-operating with said projections to removably hold tile cross pleces in position, said cross pieces having their ends provided with recesses into which said springs may be depressed. In testimony whereof, We hereunto aflix our/signatures this 13th day of October, 1922.

PASCHAL SARREY. NORMAN H. HUDSON. 

